Marco Rubio Begins Systematic Prove Into Harvard's Admissions of Dangerous Foreign Radicals

If Harvard won't comply with the Administration's demands for information about the foreign terrorists Harvard is letting into the country through its visa program, then that program needs to be scrutinized.

NBC "News:"

The State Department said Wednesday that it launched an investigation into Harvard University's compliance with the government-run visa program for international students, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to prevent the university from enrolling international students.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that the State Department would be scrutinizing Harvard's sponsorship eligibility under the Exchange Visitor Program certification -- also known as the J-1 visa program -- which allows foreign students to participate in exchange programs in the United States.

The secretary of state noted that all sponsors of the program "must comply with all regulations, including conducting their programs in a manner that does not undermine the foreign policy objectives or compromise the national security interests of the United States."

"The American people have the right to expect their universities to uphold national security, comply with the law, and provide safe environments for all students," Rubio said. "The investigation will ensure that State Department programs do not run contrary to our nation's interests."

A spokesperson for Harvard said in a statement that the school "is committed to continuing to comply with the applicable Exchange Visitor Program regulations."

"This investigation is yet another retaliatory step taken by the Administration in violation of Harvard's First Amendment right," the spokesperson said. "Harvard continues to enroll and sponsor international scholars, researchers, and students, and will protect its international community and support them as they apply for U.S. visas and travel to campus this fall."

Eat a dick.

Ed Morrissey:

Let's remember how we got here. Harvard and other Ivy League institutions -- as well as other colleges and universities, such as UCLA -- allowed their foreign students to conduct intimidation campaigns aimed at Jewish students and faculty, sometimes to the point of assault and battery. That specifically took place at Harvard, and rather than punish those identified as the perpetrators in those incidents, Harvard rewarded them.

It became clear nearly immediately that the foreign students were only part of the problem. The funding that these universities receive from places like Qatar and other sources linked to Hamas specifically and other malevolent movements and regimes are also part of the problem, and provide funding for these students....

Rubio's statement suggests that he wants to take a systemic look at the entire SEVP program as well as the effects that the influx of massive cash from unfriendly regimes has on education in the US from a nat-sec perspective. That will be much more difficult to challenge, since the State Department operates at the apex of presidential authority in the Constitution in the foreign-policy arena, rather than DHS, which operates as a hybrid between the executive and legislative branches. The State Department can get ahead of the SEVP program by simply refusing student visa applications entirely from certain countries.

More at the link.

Let's check in with the Cultural Enrichers and Cancer Researchers that Ivy League Sedition Factories are smuggling into the country.

Mahmoud Khalil is the terror-supporting Columbia radical Trump is seeking to deport. A lowly district court judge has blocked his deportation for now, so that he can continue curing cancer in America.

He also refuses to condemn Hamas.

Mahmoud Khalil refused to condemn Hamas on Tuesday and instead lashed out at CNN for asking him to, calling that line of questioning "disingenuous and absurd."

"Just to be clear here, do you specifically condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in the United States, not just for their action on Oct. 7?" CNN's Pamela Brown asked Khalil.

"I condemn the killing of all civilians. Full stop. I don't want to get into it," Khalil told the Situation Room cohost. When Brown asked again, Khalil said, "I hate this selective outrage of condemnation, because this wouldn't lead to a constructive conversation."

"To me, it's always, as I said, disingenuous and absurd to ask such questions when literally 62,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel," he continued. "And that's why I wouldn't really engage much into such questions on condemnation or not. Because selective condemnation wouldn't get us anywhere. It's just like hypocrite [sic] to be honest."

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Khalil was a leader in anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University, serving as a negotiator during spring 2024 encampments. Video footage placed him at an illegal protest at Barnard College, during which agitators disseminated Hamas propaganda. He was arrested days later, after the Trump administration revoked his visa and green card as part of its crackdown on student visa holders who support terror groups.

The Syrian native and Algerian national, who worked for the Hamas-tied United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees during the Oct. 7 attack, was released in June after more than three months, though deportation proceedings are ongoing.

posted by Ace at 06:20 PM

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